Poll: Who Would Be the Best Prime Minister from the Right? Surprising Result

A recent SW Research poll for Onet reveals that Confederation co-leader Krzysztof Bosak leads preferences for prime minister should the right-wing opposition take power after the 2027 elections.

Growing Discontent and the 2027 Horizon

As Onet describes, recent weeks have brought further unfavorable polls for the ruling coalition, with a portion of respondents believing the current cabinet does not deserve another term and evaluating its functioning negatively. Following the autumn 2027 elections, the scenario of power being taken over by today’s right-wing opposition is becoming probable.

Bosak Leads the Pack

In this context, SW Research asked respondents directly in a poll for Onet who they think would perform best as prime minister if the ruling team changes. The highest number of indications—11 percent—was gathered by Confederation co-leader Krzysztof Bosak, who has long regularly achieved the highest trust ratings among politicians of his formation, yielding across the entire right only to President Karol Nawrocki.

Mentzen and Morawiecki Close Behind

Just behind him was the second of Confederation’s leaders, Sławomir Mentzen (8.5 percent), and the podium was closed by Mateusz Morawiecki with a result of 8.4 percent. PiS politicians took further places: the party’s official candidate for prime minister, Przemysław Czarnek, obtained 6 percent of indications, and party leader Jarosław Kaczyński 4.2 percent.

Uncertainty Prevails

However, the most telling is the distribution of other answers. The largest group of respondents, 32.3 percent, declared no opinion, choosing the answer “I don’t know / hard to say.” Slightly less, 29.6 percent, indicated the “someone else” option—which together means that nearly two-thirds of respondents are not convinced by any of the politicians listed in the poll.

Poll Methodology

The poll was conducted on August 18–19, 2026, using the CAWI (computer-aided web interviews) method on a nationwide sample of 809 adult Poles.

Morawiecki’s Strategy and Right-Wing Leadership

As Wyborcza described, Nawrocki is increasingly openly positioning himself as the leader of the entire right-wing camp, and Kaczyński was said to have directly asked him to unite this side of the political scene before the upcoming campaign. On the side of the ruling coalition, considerations are underway to run in the elections from a single joint democratic list—such a variant was signaled by the prime minister during a recent meeting of coalition party leaders as a response to the potential unification of the right.

Nationalist Bloc Support and Political Fragmentation

Calculations cited by Wyborcza show that currently the nationalist bloc (PiS, Confederation, Confederation of the Polish Crown, and Development Plus) has a higher total support than the parties of the October 15 Coalition. The political scene on both sides is additionally fragmenting—Poland 2050 has split into two factions, and Mateusz Morawiecki, after being expelled from PiS, is forming his own grouping, Development Plus.